Space debris/Related Articles

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Terminology

• Satellites are objects that travel around a more massive body.
• An orbit is the path a satellite takes around its parent body.

Major sources of space debris

• Rocket upper stages
• Defunct satellites
• Slag from solid rocket motors
• Paint flakes
• NaK coolant from RORSAT nuclear powered satellites

Important satellites

• International Space Station
• Space Shuttle (when in orbit)
• Hubble Space Telescope